Just Transition Archives

The end of oil

21st May 2019 By Richard Dixon

How much longer can the UK extract oil and gas, given the urgency of climate change?

SeaChange report shows how we can protect climate and create jobs

15th May 2019 By Mary Church

New research shows UK oil and gas drilling plans will breach climate commitments. But a just transition to clean energy will create three times as many jobs.

Protests inside the UN climate change talks COP24 in Katowice

The (non) future of oil and gas

4th February 2019 By Richard Dixon

The Westminster Committee’s report into future of oil and gas fails to reflect reality of climate change.

Is the Scottish Government working towards a Just Transition?

25th January 2019 By Matthew Crighton

Scottish Government policy supports decarbonisation while also promoting increased extraction of fossil fuels. To achieve a Just Transition, what will it take to move beyond these contradictory positions?

Scotland’s Just Transition and the ‘Gilets Jaunes’

10th December 2018

In the light of ‘Gilet Jaunes’ protests, it is clear that radical change, organising, democratic ownership, and government intervention are essential parts of the transition to a low carbon economy.

Discussing a Just Transition for workers in Aberdeen

20th September 2018

UCU hosted a seminar to discuss the potential for a transformation that protects workers.

Shell’s 50th anniversary in the North Sea – 50 years of climate change

13th August 2018 By Richard Dixon

Is there really much to celebrate as Shell reach 50 years of working in the North Sea?

A just transition to low carbon can drive economic transformation

16th March 2018 By Matthew Crighton

How can this radical, necessary transformation be made to happen in a fair way?

For decent work and climate justice

8th December 2017 By Matthew Crighton

This event during the Bonn climate conference allowed environmentalists and trade unionists to work out their shared agenda for a Just Transition to a low carbon economy.